Comments on: Sniffle XXII http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/07/sniffle_xxii.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:23:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Rueful Red http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/07/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7725 Rueful Red Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:40:44 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/07/31/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7725 <p>That's the point, I can never tell. If I'd been fitted with a quality control programme I'd have written more.</p> That’s the point, I can never tell. If I’d been fitted with a quality control programme I’d have written more.

]]> By: ninme http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/07/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7724 ninme Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:39:27 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/07/31/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7724 <p>No it was funny. Very funny.</p> No it was funny. Very funny.

]]> By: Rueful Red http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/07/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7723 Rueful Red Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:09:17 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/07/31/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7723 <p>Oh well. I thought that was funny. Sequel to SoaP. The mammals strike back. The potential's humongoose.</p> Oh well. I thought that was funny. Sequel to SoaP. The mammals strike back. The potential’s humongoose.

]]> By: ninme http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/07/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7722 ninme Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:02:19 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/07/31/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7722 <p>Pfffff</p> Pfffff

]]> By: Rueful Red http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/07/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7721 Rueful Red Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:47:01 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/07/31/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7721 <p>I've got it!</p> <p>"Mongeese on a Plane"!</p> I’ve got it!

“Mongeese on a Plane”!

]]> By: Rueful Red http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/07/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7720 Rueful Red Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:09:09 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/07/31/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7720 <p>Then again, if it's a cliff fall at the edge of the ocean, there's a lot to be said for being a chum of Flipper the dolphin.</p> <p>Perhaps that could be the next TV series: "Monty the Mongoose"? One would pitch it as Skippy meets the deadly browns. And takes direct action, non of this hopping back and forth and looking winsome nonsense.</p> Then again, if it’s a cliff fall at the edge of the ocean, there’s a lot to be said for being a chum of Flipper the dolphin.

Perhaps that could be the next TV series: “Monty the Mongoose”? One would pitch it as Skippy meets the deadly browns. And takes direct action, non of this hopping back and forth and looking winsome nonsense.

]]> By: HalfEmpty http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/07/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7719 HalfEmpty Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:51:43 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/07/31/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7719 <p>Of course a brace of Sawed-off Dobies strapped to your leg can handle "The Deadly Brown Snake" as well as assorted falling and crushing incidents.</p> <p>/G Larson</p> Of course a brace of Sawed-off Dobies strapped to your leg can handle “The Deadly Brown Snake” as well as assorted falling and crushing incidents.

/G Larson

]]> By: HalfEmpty http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/07/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7718 HalfEmpty Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:49:31 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/07/31/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7718 <p>If you're going to get trapped under a tractor or fall into a well, or maybe break an ankle in a cliff fall, you don't want a 'Roo you want a Lassie Dawg.</p> If you’re going to get trapped under a tractor or fall into a well, or maybe break an ankle in a cliff fall, you don’t want a ‘Roo you want a Lassie Dawg.

]]> By: ninme http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/07/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7717 ninme Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:03:49 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/07/31/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7717 <p>Screw the mongoose, I'm getting a kangaroo. You're only going to get killed by creepy crawlies in Australia, but you can get trapped under a tractor anywhere.</p> Screw the mongoose, I’m getting a kangaroo. You’re only going to get killed by creepy crawlies in Australia, but you can get trapped under a tractor anywhere.

]]> By: Brett_McS http://www.ninme.com/archives/2006/07/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7716 Brett_McS Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:08:22 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2006/07/31/sniffle_xxii.html#comment-7716 <p>Well, there is another of these stories about a real life, tame, Bush Kangaroo (not a pet) from a couple of years ago. Also in Queensland. The kangaroo raised the alarm to the family she was friends with, when the farmer-husband was trapped under his tractor after it overturned. Then she hopped back to the farmer and stayed with him until the rescuers came. A real-life Skippy episode.</p> <p>I'd always assumed that Kangaroos were almost completely stupid. Skippy was certainly no Inspector Rex. So I was very surprised when I saw this news item.</p> Well, there is another of these stories about a real life, tame, Bush Kangaroo (not a pet) from a couple of years ago. Also in Queensland. The kangaroo raised the alarm to the family she was friends with, when the farmer-husband was trapped under his tractor after it overturned. Then she hopped back to the farmer and stayed with him until the rescuers came. A real-life Skippy episode.

I’d always assumed that Kangaroos were almost completely stupid. Skippy was certainly no Inspector Rex. So I was very surprised when I saw this news item.

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